2004 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

DRIVING AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN: NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES, NOTHING WORKED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR OTHER INDICATION OF FAILURE. WAS ABLE TO STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP VEHICLE USING EMERGENCY BRAKES. *TT

IT STARTED WITH MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WORKING ERRATICALLY. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE BUTTONS ON MY RADIO QUIT WORKING, ALTHOUGH IT RANDOMLY KEPT TRYING TO REPROGRAM "PRESET 2". WITHOUT WARNING, AT 65MPH ON A BUSY ROAD, I ABRUPTLY LOST POWER AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED OR ACCELERATE. I ALSO EXPERIENCED ERRATIC RPM. CURRENTLY VEHICLE WILL CHRONICALLY NOT START DUE TO POWER FAILURE, EVEN THOUGH BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND ERRATIC RPM IS DANGEROUS. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY. *TR

TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT APPEARED WHILE ON VACATION. STOPPED AT A DEALER SAID WE WERE OK TO CONTINUE. CAR HAS FELT WEIRD SINCE. AUTO SHOP JUST TOLD US WE NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

GOING TO WORK WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR 2004 FREESTAR. GOING TO DROP THEM OFF AT FAMILY'S HOUSE WENT TO GIVE GAS LOST ALL POWER NO WARNING NO INDICATION THERE WAS A PROBLEM COASTING IN MIDDLE OF MAIN ROAD VERY LUCKY ITS A BUSY ROAD COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. NEEDS TO BE SOLVED BEFORE THERE IS A FATALITY. NO MONEY TO GET IT FIXED RIGHT NOW WITH 3 KIDS AND CHRISTMAS ROUND THE CORNER. *TR

2004 FORD FREESTAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND STOPPED ON MAJOR ROADWAY. NO PREVIOUS SIGNS OF TROUBLE FROM TRANSMISSION. CLASS ACTION FILED IN US DISTRICT COURT AUGUST 2010 DECLARING FAULTY MANUFACTURING. FORD REFUSING TO REPAIR WITHOUT FULL PAYMENT OF $3200. CURRENT MILEAGE 94,000. HOW MANY MUST GET ROBBED BEFORE THIS IS ADDRESSED? *KB

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE DROPPED OUT OF GEAR AND LOSS ACCELERATION. IT WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR. *KB

TRANSMISSION ISSUES HAD TO BE REPLACE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS ONLINE ABOUT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE 2004 FORD FREESTAR, SENSOR LIGHT ISSUES, TRACKING LIGHT ISSUES. NO WARNING TRANSMISSION JUST DIED 200 MILES FROM HOME. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VAN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT, NO PROPULSION BUT MOTOR STILL RUNNING, AND IT COASTED TO A STOP. ONLY SHE AND I (DRIVING INSTRUCTOR AND SAFETY OFFICER) HAVE CAREFULLY DRIVEN AND MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS FACTORY ORDERED AND DELIVERED FROM THE DEALER IN 2004. MAJORITY OF MILEAGE WAS ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY. TODAY WE PICKED IT UP FROM THE SHOP IT WAS TOWED TO AND WHERE IT UNDERWENT MAJOR REPAIR FOR FOUR DAYS. THEY REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE VALVE BODY AND TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TOTAL COST OF THIS REPAIR INCLUDING TOWING AND TAX WAS $3499. *TR

THE VAN BEGAN TO JERK AND LOSE POWER. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PCM WAS WET. I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VAN AND LEARNED ABOUT THE SERVICE BULLETIN. I EMAILED FORD AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL AND I WOULD NEED TO FIX THIS ISSUE MYSELF. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE STORE WITH MY 2 YOUNG SONS. I STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AND WHEN I WENT TO TURN, I LOST ANY POWER THAT I HAD, WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY TRANSMISSION WENT. I DIDN'T HAVE 1ST, 3RD OR REVERSE, I HAD TO GET MY VAN TOWED HOME ARRANGE FOR A RIDE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. NOW MY VAN IS IN THE SHOP AND $2000.00 LATER HOPEFULLY I CAN GET A YEAR OUT OF THIS. *TR